ArvaCo. Cavan vs BallyjamesduffCo. CavanTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iArva sits in H12, Ballyjamesduff in A82. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Arva
Ballyjamesduff

Outlines are each town's CSO Small Areas — the exact footprint every figure is measured over.

TOWNS
Arva
Co. CAVAN · in H12 · pop 214 · 1 small areas
Ballyjamesduff
Co. CAVAN · in A82 · pop 2,606 · 9 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€136k
€255k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€90k – €175k
€200k – €313k
Sales (24m)
22
79
Price momentum (YoY)
+0.0%
+11.6%
New-build share
0.0%
0.0%
Schools, health & amenities● TOWN · counts
Count of each facility whose location falls inside the town boundary. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
1 prim · 1 sec
Arva · 1 schools (largest first)
St Marys N S Primary
111 pupils · Catholic
Ballyjamesduff · 2 schools (largest first)
St Clare's College Secondary
612 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Clares Ns Primary
427 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
1
4
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
3
2
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
3
5
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
Commute by car● TOWN · from centre
Drive time from the town centre to each city centre — typical off-peak, with an estimated weekday rush hour. OSRM road routing.
Dublin
115m · ~150 rush
80m · ~115 rush
Galway
135m · ~160 rush
133m · ~155 rush
Limerick
173m · ~190 rush
170m · ~190 rush
Waterford
204m · ~220 rush
176m · ~190 rush
Cork
239m · ~260 rush
228m · ~250 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5
-10.2
Arva · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6ArvaghBelow average
-4ArvaghBelow average
Ballyjamesduff · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-13BallyjamesduffDisadvantaged
-8BallyjamesduffBelow average
Third-level educated
27.4%
21.4%
Professional class
37.0%
21.1%
Unemployment
8.9%
15.1%
Owner-occupier
73.6%
59.5%
Private rental
17.4%
26.6%
Social housing (LA)
4.8%
11.1%
Liveability & safety● AREA · H12 / A82
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ArvaH12, BallyjamesduffA82); safety & crime are the Cavan/Monaghan Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
62/100
62/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (H12 / A82) from official data — Garda crime, CSO income & census, OPW flood, EPA water, and transport/healthcare/broadband coverage. Refreshed quarterly. The dashed line is each town's overall score (that average) — dimensions to its right beat the average, to its left fall short. Two towns can share a score with a very different mix.

ArvaBallyjamesduffOverall (avg)
Safety62746274
Affordability10094
Infrastructure2426
Family8283
Education4242
Environment7684
Economic3434
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#66
#66
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
74/100
74/100
Crime / 1,000
40
40

Affluence range

Pobal HP deprivation index — published per Electoral Division, so the spread shows the town's poorest to richest ED. A town that is a single ED shows one mark, no range.

Arva Below average-5.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Arvagh -6 (least affluent) → Arvagh -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Ballyjamesduff Disadvantaged-10.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballyjamesduff -13 (least affluent) → Ballyjamesduff -8 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

● TOWN
Prices, amenities & commute — exact, town-specific.

Prices come from individual PPR sales inside the town's Small-Area boundary; schools, GPs, transport, gyms and parks are counted the same way; commute is routed from the town centre. The figures the routing-key area page can't give you.

● ED
Affluence, profile & tenure — Electoral-Division level.

Pobal HP, third-level, class, unemployment, tenure are published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town's EDs — a range where the town spans several EDs (see the bar above).

● AREA
Liveability & safety — wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety & crime are the Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan) — coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population & growth are loaded for ~7 counties so far (not Leinster yet); rent & yield are too sparse per town. Tap Schools or Affluence to drill in. Built from 10 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ArvaBallyjamesduff
The verdict

Arva is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Ballyjamesduff’s 1, with 4 level: affluence and education levels. Ballyjamesduff leads on access to its nearest city.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, safety, affordability and nearest-city access, scored head-to-head.

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